Burial-vault.



G. HESS.

BURIAL VAULT.

APPLIUATION HLBD MAR. 23, 1909.

938,3?95 Patented 0ct.26,1909.

United. States, residing et. i tno oonnty Huron and Venitej iloation, l

'1. vefition relates to improvements in burial mulls or made ein' oonorete7 Cematerial.

The object ot invention is to prov-ide a burial vault of this character ,v'iiicli will be simple and inerii'iensive in Construction and into which wat n' eannotenter and come in contant with the casket which it inoloses.

`rWith noone and other objects .in View, the invention consists of the novel futures of emistruetimi and the Combination and arrangeniuit of parts hereinafter scribed and claimed rd illnstr v aeconn'ia vii -rlizri-ng77 in which* l"i ire l is a perspective View of the. body oi the improved Concrete burial Vault, Figs. 2 and il are longitudinal and transverse seetional views through the Vault, showing a casket therein. and Fig. '1 is :i detail perspective of the combined reinforcing inember and suspending iiool.

My improved burial Tfault or box Consists of a one piece body l molded troni Concrete, cement, or other plastic material, and a snitable base on wliieh the basket. is supported and over wlieli the botlj' telescopes said base being o suoli isonstrurtiou that water will tlrain troni it anal he prevented troni ent/Grim;` the upper portion of the body i' and rearhiug the pieve body l. may be ot' any' t shape und is nosed on its si tot :l but has nn open bottoni to tel' over the easiest U und the base 2. 'W v l maybe i'eiu'l'orretl in any suitable zuanner it' 'found not' or (losiral e, but :es illustreatoil, l have embedded in its end walls l combined reinforcing and suspnding ineinbers l. llarh ot the latter sultantially m lower cross bar embelli-sliape na a i 'lull l "Y H1 l`\ i :l .im writ fll7 i f to noii/oinail/ air` Mani nt mai-) in of the @inl wull' i l n vertically e 1 ion or 1 ed in the casket C therein. 'lho one Fa'teietzeel @on 26, i909.

eyes on the ends of ropes by means of which latter thebody l may be lowered into the grave over the casket. C and the base 2.

While the base 2 may be of auf)T desired 'form and construction which Will provide air spaces or chambers in the bottom 'of the body and allow water to drain from the bottoni of the body, l preferably make it of a 'plurality of tubular drain tiles l0. As illustrated, said tiles l() are arranged transversely in parallel relation .and in Contact,

layer of tiles; but l Wish it understood that this base may be made of any forni and construction which will provide air spaces beneath the casket and which will allow Water to drain .from the body.

' ln Constructing and using the improved burial vault, the tiles l are arranged upon 'the bottoni of the grave so as to form the base 2 of less :rea than that of the Casket; and after the casket has been lowered upon said base7 the body l is lowered into the greve over the casket and base. rihe latter is done by ropesor the like which have their lower ends detachably engag Mil with the hooks 9 so that after the body is in posit-ion such ropes may be disengaged from the hooks. As the body l telescopes tbe casket and base, any water that .may be in the bottom of the grave will be forced out oi' the base 2; and owing to the iact that the body l is air tight, Water tail the nrei'errttl embodiment ot' the inventzoin 1t will be understood that. l do not Wish to le ,lnnitetl to the precise Construction set iorth since various changes in forni and proportions and arrange lent of parts and in the details of construction may be resorted to without departing from the. spirit'and scope or' the invention. X

Having' thus described the inVentioIi`,`What 'lainied is: y liereindeseribed burial vault comprisoasket supporting base consisting of a ontal ron7 of tiles disposed in vparallel relation and in Contact, a one-piece body and the Casket is supported upon this row or' Will be prevented from passing up through mnoieletl of plastic material and having 2 essere also having a horizontally disposed transand an open bottom, the latter being adapted versely extending portion embedded in the to telescope said tiles, said tiles being trans lower portion of one of the end Walls to reversely arranged in the body with their ends inforee the same.

5 spaced from the inner faces of the side wal-ls I In testimony whereof I hereunto affix my l5 and combined reinforcing and v suspending signature in the presence of two Witnesses.- members embedded in the end walls of the GUSTAVUS HESS. body, each of said members having a vertical Vitnesses:

. portion extending above the top 'of the body WILLIAM E. POWLEY,

10 and curved inwardly to .form a hook and l CLARENCE L. PoWLEY.

closed sides, ends and topintegrall-y united 

